Design of meta-data scheme for medical records database of traditional Chinese medicine / 中华医学图书情报杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To design the meta-data scheme for medical records database of traditional Chinese medi-cine.Methods The meta-data scheme for medical records database of traditional Chinese medicine was designed u-sing the MARC meta-data according to the analysis of resources, investigation of literature, networks and users. Results The meta-data scheme for medical records database of traditional Chinese medicine is consisted of 17 fields and 9 parts.Conclusion MARC, as the mata-data criteria, can organize and describe the medical records of tradi-tional Chinese medicine.However, the standards for selection and description of meta-data criteria need to be fur-ther studied.